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apply.embark.com

Embark – Online Application and Admissions Software

Page Load Speed

17.4 sec in total

First Response

77 ms

Resources Loaded

16.8 sec

Page Rendered

520 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Apply.embark.com page load time and found that the first response time was 77 ms and then it took 17.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

apply.embark.com performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

apply.embark.com

77 ms

apply.embark.com

37 ms

www.embark.com

147 ms

embark.com

13697 ms

style.css

65 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Apply.embark.com, 48% (32 requests) were made to Embark.com and 25% (17 requests) were made to Embarkstaging.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (13.7 sec) relates to the external source Embark.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (33%)

Content Size

3.7 MB

After Optimization

2.5 MB

In fact, the total size of Apply.embark.com main page is 3.7 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 38.7 kB

  • Original 48.7 kB
  • After minification 46.6 kB
  • After compression 9.9 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 38.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 646.6 kB

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.3 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Apply Embark needs image optimization as it can save up to 646.6 kB or 22% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 316.5 kB

  • Original 472.0 kB
  • After minification 427.7 kB
  • After compression 155.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 316.5 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 230.3 kB

  • Original 270.8 kB
  • After minification 220.7 kB
  • After compression 40.5 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Apply.embark.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 230.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 27 (55%)

Requests Now

49

After Optimization

22

The browser has sent 49 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Apply Embark. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

SEO Factors

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Apply.embark.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Apply.embark.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Apply Embark. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: